QID 981929

QID 981929: Python (pip) Security Update for cryptography (GHSA-rhm9-p9w5-fwm7)

Security update has been released for cryptography to fix the vulnerability.

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

When certain sequences of `update()` calls with large values (multiple GBs) for symetric encryption or decryption occur, it's possible for an integer overflow to happen, leading to mishandling of buffers.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.4 severity.
    • Solution
    This is patched in version 3.3.2 and newer.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 981929

    CVE-2020-36242 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-rhm9-p9w5-fwm7 cryptography URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-rhm9-p9w5-fwm7
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